A woman who delivered a baby boy on the bathroom floor was convicted of manslaughter on Monday. On June 8, 2014, Jodie Renee Tarnawskyj, 38, went into labor in her Queensland, Australia, home and gave birth to a boy named Oliver. Believing Oliver was stillborn, Tarnawskyj testified that she cut his umbilical cord, wrapped him in …
Wisconsin coroners said an 8-week-old baby died from “homicidal abusive head trauma,” possibly at the hands of his father. De’Anthony Hodges, 31, of Beloit, allegedly carried out the unthinkable abuse on March 20. A doctor who suspected Amanii’s was shaken or slammed also compared his injuries to that sustained in a high-speed collision without a seatbelt, according to …
A Florida college student reportedly traveled to Indiana to “steal” a woman, impregnate her, and force her into marriage, police said. An Indiana State Police trooper supposedly caught Kung Bik Cem, 19, trying to rape the woman in broad daylight in the backseat of his car. According to the Daily Journal, the 19-year-old told the trooper that …
The Hagerstown, Maryland, mother whose boyfriend beat her 9-year-old son to death for eating birthday cake without permission was sentenced to 25 years Friday morning. Oriana Garcia, 28, agreed to plead guilty to first-degree child abuse in February. In exchange, several charges—including second-degree murder—were taken off the table, according to WHAG. As Crime Online reported, Jacob Barajas, 25, handcuffed …
A Bladensburg, Maryland, babysitter is accused of burning a 6-month-old’s feet because she wouldn’t stop crying. The baby, Ana Flores Guerrero, supposedly sustained second-degree burns after Ismelda Ramos-Mendoza, 36, watched her for three hours on March 22. Guerrero’s mother noticed redness on the bottom of the 6-month-old’s feet the next morning and asked Ramos-Mendoza if she …
A mentor with Big Brothers Big Sisters took a developmentally disabled 11-year-old to a church and threatened to stop taking him to baseball games unless he’d get baptized, according to a lawsuit filed by the boy’s parents. The suit filed by April and Gregg DeFibaugh Monday in US District Court in Cleveland accused the Big Brother, …
A Dayton, Ohio, father is behind bars after his teen son possibly overdosed on his heroin. Police were called to an unconscious overdose victim at around 8:25 pm on Tuesday. A co-worker of Robert Baker Wylie, the 13-year-old’s father, told authorities Wylie was “on drugs and the boy got into his stuff,” an incident report …
An Emerson, New Jersey, family were miraculously unscathed after a 30-pound wild turkey smashed into the windshield of their SUV. The Taraboczhia family were in northwest Indiana heading to O’Hare International Airport Tuesday morning when the turkey was impaled by the GMC’s windshield, according to WBBM-TV. “I thought he was gonna clear the roof, but …
Natalie Partida, 16, and Derek Greer, 15, were found dead on the side of the road
A Garland, Texas, man who claimed “curiosity” led him to possessing child pornography was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison on Wednesday. US District Judge Ed Kinkeade also sentenced Jeffrey David Mitchell, 54, to 10 years supervised release. According to a statement released by the US Attorney’s Office, the 54-year-old pleaded guilty to one …
A Bend, Oregon, daycare manager is facing 114 charges for allegedly leaving children—ages 6 months to 7 years—home alone to go tanning. On Wednesday, a grand jury indicted January Irene Livsey (who also goes by January Neatherlin), 31, on 76 counts of first-degree criminal mistreatment and 38 counts of recklessly endangering another person. Livsey is …
Authorities: Twin 9-month-olds weighed eight pounds, had maggots in genitals
